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The adaptation of The Gunslinger are now in planning stages! Not
much else has been revealed about the long-awaited project other
than "some characters that appeared in King's other 50+ works will
indeed appear", as stated by the Deadline.

Stephen King may have not released any Dark Tower novels, or
stated that he will, but other novels are on their way, including
'End of Watch', and it is known that King has many ties to the Dark
Tower in other works.

Other than that, the comics move forward, still with House of
Cards, with the last issue released on July 15th.

When users get the chance, they should welcome Skoldpadda as our
newest, and third admin! So far he has done fantastic work, such as
addin…

The speculative project for a series of Dark Tower Movies is
finally moving forward! A month after Stephen King announced that
the series will be done in live action format, albeit an unknown
time frame, it was announced that MRC and Sony Pictures would be
co-finance the project. With financing originally jumping to Warner
to these to groups, one can hope that it will last so that the
project can finally come to realization. The planned idea is to
have Sony make a series of films, and MRC a television
exclusive.

That being said, Nikolaj Arcel, acclaimed director of The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo, among other works is rumored to be the
choice to direct the series.

Last week Sony Pictures announced that it is financing a Dark
Tower Movie project! It seems like the format of three movies
connected by two TV series is still likely. We've heard
things like this several times before, but Sony already picked up a
script and Stephen King is completely on-board.

Sometime ago Robin Furth, writer of the much acclaimed Dark
Tower Comics imprinted by Marvel Comics claimed that The
Journey Begins would probably be the last Dark Tower comic done.
However, with such a wanted series, that statement did not last,
and so The Gunslinger comics were produced. Once again, after
the run, Robin Furth and the creative team claimed it was time to
hang up the towel.

Well, looks like they're at it again! Not long after adapting
the first book into a series of fifteen comics, this process is
also being done to The Drawing of the Three. We now have the
collected edition of The Prisoner (Comics), that was release on
March 10th, and contains the five comics in the run.

It has recently been brought to my attention by my faith right
hand, NickP96 , that we have recently had an issue with
users/outsiders angered and distressed that we are using their
images without permission.

Now, this does not give us a real legal issue, it does
give us a trust and community issue.

For the community, as a whole, what this means is that as we use
images, especially those that are fanworks obtained online, a user
should ask permission from the poster/author. If the poster/author
does not respond in a week, I would say it should be okay to use it
here.

Even I use this process. I even went so far as to email Gregory
Hill when his images were release for the Dark Tower Movie (mind
you I got no reply back from Mr. Hill).

I'm not sure if people realize this, but we still have one
available slot for an admin on this wiki. If you have any
interest, make sure you've read all eight of the books, make an
account here if you haven't already, and then check out this
link:

A parents' guide to mature content in the series has been
created. This will be helpful for prospective readers to
gauge whether or not the books will be appropriate for them or
others. Here's the link:

http://darktower.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_Wiki:ParentPage

The link can also be found near the top of the front page of the
Wiki. If you have knowledge of the series, feel free to edit
the Parent Page if I messed up or forgot something.

NOTE: Initially, I was going to write this on the
Stephen King Wiki, but it turned out this Wiki is a lot more
visited. Anyway, I'll talk.

Recently, I’ve been wondering what could happen if author
Stephen King would unite most of his heroes and antiheroes into one
big adventure. So, I’ve been making a list a number of protagonists
of the works of the author, but I don’t know how this team would be
formed. There are two ways:

There could be SEVEN members in this new ka-tet, the gunslinger
is the center (as the Tower) and the other six represent the Beams,
or…

There could be THIRTEEN members: besides the gunslinger, the
other twelve as the new guardians (similar to the twelve animals or
Maerlyn's Rainbow).

I am officially returning to the site, as I know I've been
lacking in my contribution here. Nick has done a fantastic job
keeping an eye out around here, but I need to keep my promise to
all you Tower fans, seeing as I gave this site the face-lift it
needed, and fans deserve to have the best Tower site around.

I will be monitoring activity again, as well as keeping the site
up to date. Which brings me to:

Once again, it's time for us to undergo some slight aesthetic
changes around here, which will happen in the next few weeks.
Nothing major, but it will make the site more unique like when I
changed the search bar and title bar.

Call it the Dark Tower Post, call it Traveller's
News (which I'd like opinion on the Poll as well as below),
call it what you want, it's time for October's Dark Tower News!
This post we look at what's trending on the Wiki, and the direction
it's going.

It's no secret that I dabble in game creation. It's also no
secret that I'd love the Dark Tower in all formats. Well my game
creation sector, Sigma Games and my production company, Sheep in a
Crate, have been working very hard working a concept for a Dark
Tower Platformer (with artwork for Roland even near
completion).

So keep your eyes peeled, you won't want to miss it.

So that's the news- for now! I'll see how this post goes, and
from there, I'll bring you guys more of what you want to hear
(and…

Haven is a show on the Syfy channel that's loosely based
on The Colorado Kid. In my work on the Haven wiki, I
recently discovered that there are a lot of Stephen King wikis:

I recently discovered that there are a lot of Stephen King
wikis:

Stephen King

Stephen King bloopers

Dark Tower

The Mist

Under The Dome

Haven

Dreamcatcher - abandoned

The Dead Zone - abandoned

And these are just the few I found looking for them. Most of
these wikis don't show up in a wikia search for "Stephen King".

I'm hoping that we can link our wikis together. We could create
a template linking all the King wikis and put it on our front
pages. And, if we have someone technically minded, I think it's
even possible to make it so that links from o…

So recently I have started a petition to hopefully get Ron
Howard, major film outlets, and media to realize just how expansive
us Dark Tower fans really are. You can find the petition if you
>> Click Here

The Low Down: Despite not being
about the actual quest for the Tower, diehard fans still enjoyed
The Wind Through the Keyhole. Coupled together, only 43 voters
chose options of not liking the book. Stephen King will most likely
expand the Dark Tower Universe, if positive feedback like this
continues.

If a user visits The Gunslinger page, there is now a section for
the audiobook version. We will not be providing any other
audiobooks.

The reason for posting the audiobook is to reach out to new
readers. I highly encourage that people purchase the books, however
as a preview, the audiobook can attract newcomers. Some people also
find it an easier start with the audiobook.

This video was posted on Youtube, and we are using it as well. I
personally have no rights to the audiobook, and all rights go to
their respective owners.

Next Post:A special surprise for my Wiki fans. A
sneak peek at an exciting new project my ka-tet and I have been
working on!

Hello everyone. I just thought I'd share this cool video I
stumbled upon on youtube (DON'T WATCH IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE
SERIES!!!). I can't take credit for making it, but whoever
made it did a fantastic job.

So I wanted to make a quick little post on here about a pretty
unique article I saw about the connection Stephen King makes
between his other works and The Dark Tower series. Since DT is his
magnum opus and he worked on it over decades it only makes sense
that 'all things serve the beam' in Mid-World and beyond. Like I
said I just wanted to make a quick post to be able to share this
link so I am not going to get into the connections, way to many to
be quick. Plus half the joy is finding them yourself and traveling
on the hidden highways, but if you do need help check out
the Tie-In_Books catergory.

So without further typing or time wasting narrative here is the
article from BuzzFeed Books These Stephen King Connections
Will Blow Your Mind. …

Recently on the wiki, we have had an average of 4,500 views a
day. That's up from 3,000 two months ago.

On average, we have about 30 edits a week. Which isn't alot,
but our wiki is pretty expansive.

When a user does come along and edit alot, they have removed
information and/or posted unessassary comments based on our
content.

I'm a pretty respectable admin, and if you are following the
wiki guidelines and supporting the community, I have no
problem.

If a user is going to insult or complain
about the content, or quality of the pages here, or falsly
edit/remove content from pages, I will ban said user on my
discredition. I will also revert any changes back (even if they are
correct), and delete any comments.

Hello all. I finished the series an hour ago after
starting it about 18 months ago (what an ending!!), and I have
about a million thoughts and questions. However, five came to
mind immediately. MAJOR SPOILERS are ahead, so
read on at your own risk if you haven't finished the series.

1. Very near the end, when Roland Deschain
tells Patrick Danville to draw the Crimson King,
Patrick says it will be difficult because, "He darkles, he tincts."
Roland seems to slightly recall this phrase from earlier on,
but doesn't have the time to consider it. I can't remember it
at all, so when was it first said, and what does it mean?

2. After Oy's death, Roland remembers seeing an image of
the scene of his death when looking into Maerlyn's Grapefruit,
…

i'm not sure if this is the place for these kind of things but i
couldn't find another place for it so i thought I might as well do
it here.

Anyway as the title says i have a little question about a small
plot hole i wondered about while reading susannah's song (first
time so please no spoilers). So in this book they at a certain
point describe Roland's and Eddies gunna (worldly possesions) and
what I couldn't find is Roland's knife. I seem to remember him
having a really sharp blade with an onyx grip in "the drawing of
three" but I haven't seen it mentioned since. Where did this knife
go? Or is this the knife mentioned as Eddies gunna as his carving
knife?

Anyway if anyone else noticed this or has a comment or answer to
this, pleas…

We’re excited to announce the next book we’ll be reading for Wikia
Book Club is J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit! Whether you’re new to
Middle-earth or can recite the Elvin Hymn to Elbereth, this is a
great way to celebrate the upcoming release of Peter Jackson’s film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Join us on the Literature Wiki Wednesday, Dec. 5th at 5pm
PST and then again on Sunday, Dec. 9th at 5pm PST (if
you can only make one that’s fine too) on to share your thoughts on
Hobbit-holes, diminutive Dwarves, and smoldering Smaug- or whatever
your favorite topic may be!

Be sure to follow us on Good Reads and Twitter! While you’re at
it, tweet @WikiReads with the title of the next novel you’d like us
to Book Club.

This post is in response to the numerous complaints I have been
reading over the various talk pages, posted by non-registered
users. Be aware, I am the only active admin remaining on this site,
and as seen from recent editing history in the Wiki Activity, the
only editor as well.

There are over 3000 views a day here, which is many people,
however, out of them all, none choose to help expand this wiki,
they all use the site but never contribute. Which would be fine, I
support this wiki so that Dark Tower fans have a complete,
comprehensive, and unique web-a-pedia for The Dark Tower.

However, viewers are not only just viewing and not contributing,
they are complaining about the information we already have. They
complain about the errors and li…

Perhaps a close second novel for me, in regards to "What is the
Greatest Stephen King Novel?" is probably IT. (The first being The
Dark Tower). When I finally seen the TV adaptation of the great
novel, I was severly disappointed. IT was lacking so many elements
that made the book great. It was alright, if you didn't already
read the novel. Other then that, after you compare the novel and
the mini-series, it's trash.

Luckily there is news that Stephen King's IT is being adapted
into a movie. Not just one though, two movies. This opens up so
many possibilities to actually do it right, and I'll tell you
why.

!!!Some spoilers from the novel and the mini-series
follow. Read at your own risk. I warned you!!!

We have now reached 149/366 of our intended quotes. (Mind you,
I'm factoring in the quarterly Feb. 29th).

Up to now, it has only been me and Tom that have been adding
quotes to the Archive. I would greatly appreciate if more people
would help. There has to be plenty of good quotes that me and Tom
are missing. We are doing a fair job, but there have been days when
we missed a quote or we had to settle for a less-than-great
one.

Please, if you can, sumbit some of your favourite quotes by
using the following format (when creating a quote page): The
Dark Tower Wiki:Quote of the Day/## Month. Then, once you start
editing the page scroll down (under templates) to "choose more
templates" and add "Quote" under the most frequently used template
list. …

I would appreciate if those who are editing here would register
an account. I do not mind anonymus contributors, but recently I had
to blocker an IP for 3 days for editing a page for nothing (Roland
Deschain Page/Family Tree). You can continue to edit if you like,
as long as you are actually contributing (like the contributor that
expanded the Dixie Pig page). If you are just mucking up pages I
will block your IP for 3 days, and once you come back, if the
problem persists, I will take grander measures or block the IP
longer.

Ok so I have just finished reading the Wind Through The Keyhole
and I gotta say I loved everything about it.

(Ignoring the fact that it clashes with the Marvel Comics
created as either the comics or the book couldn't happen, though I
am inclined like others to believe the events of King's book over
the Comics)

The Dark Tower Giveaway (the “Promotion") is a sweepstakes
promotion where individuals who create an account and leave a
comment on the blog (note: you must be logged in to leave a
comment) will be eligible to be randomly selected from all eligible
entries. Accounts and blog entries completed from 12:01 on April 9,
2012 to 23:59 on April 20, 2012 (the “Promotion Period”) will be
eligible to win one (1) prize pack.

One (1) winner will each win the following:

The Wind Through the Keyhole

Wolves of the Calla

The Wind Through the Keyhole T-Shirt

3. How To Enter. You will automatically be entered into the
Promotion by creating an accoun…

I have been reading the book description from amazon.com and
quite frankly the book cannot exist, the storyline could never have
happened.

It states:

in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland
is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous
shape-shifter.

For those that have read the Fall of Gilead comic you will know
that this just ISN'T POSSIBLE. Roland is imprisoned straight after
killing his mother and as soon as he is let out of prison his
father is killed and Roland has to prepare the city to fight John
Farson.

Where is this year that is suppose to have happened when his
father is dead and John Farson attacks merely days after he killed
his mother?

i just aquired all of the dark tower series and as many of
the major connecting books that i could get my hands on, ive
been wanting to start them for a while but i want to the the best
reading experience from reading the whole series and the connecting
books. I have seen two or three lists some that included the
talisman and black house some didn't. i figured a form on a dark
tower wiki would have some people who are extremely knowledgable in
the dark tower series and the connecting books, so i would like
suggestions as to what a few of you think the order to reading them
to get the best epic experience should be.... this is the list that
i have found that i will probably end up using, save for the stand
because i've already read it, but …

i just aquired all of the dark tower series and as many of
the major connecting books that i could get my hands on, ive
been wanting to start them for a while but i want to the the best
reading experience from reading the whole series and the connecting
books. I have seen two or three lists some that included the
talisman and black house some didn't. i figured a form on a dark
tower wiki would have some people who are extremely knowledgable in
the dark tower series and the connecting books, so i would like
suggestions as to what a few of you think the order to reading them
to get the best epic experience should be.... this is the list that
i have found that i will probably end up using, save for the stand
because i've already read it, but …

Sai King is a fantastic writer. He has created some many great
novels and an ultimate universe that encompasses all universes. His
books have impacted me greatly as a teenager, a constant reader and
an aspiring writer.

For the past four years I have been on a journey of self doubt,
fear and a struggle. However, reading King's books would do
something to me in the way some other writers were lacking. I think
the first novel that made me take Stephen King so seriously was IT.
I had read Duma Key and a few other books before but IT was just an
emotional book. The Loser's ka-tet was well met, and their journey
was great and I feel that it was perhaps the ending that affected
me the most:

I've recent started reading DT for the 3rd time. My question is:
Where does Roland get/store his ammo?

In Tull, he shoots 38(?) people, and misses once. His bullets
get wet at the beginning of DT2. He gets 200 rounds in DT3 while in
NYC. (the.45s). Surely he went through a lot of ammo when teaching
Susannah/Eddie/Jake to shoot. Where does he get all those
bullets?

Has The Dark Tower series finally found a home at HBO? After
years of being shunted around as a potential movie, TV series, and
miniseries, producer Brian Glazer is claiming that The Dark Tower
will be coming to HBO.

Glazer is determined to produce both a TV series and a
movie:

“We’re going to do ['The Dark Tower'] with HBO. We’ll do
the TV with HBO, and we’ll do the movie with … to be determined.
We’ll do it right.”

Javier Bardem is still on board for Roland Deschain as well.
Hopefully we'll see another spectacular HBO show come out of The
Dark Tower!

Tomrowley and I are in the process of revamping the main page.
This is your chance to give us some feedback on what you would like
to see on it. What links currently on it make things easier for you
to find things? What links would you like to see added? Are there
any features on the main page that you would like to see added?
Even if you have never contributed before, please let us know what
you think.

Just to let everyone know, Wikia will be rolling out their new
editing interface to all wikis tomorrow. I've tried it out some and
it shouldn't require too much of an adjustment from the old one. If
you find any bugs with it, leave a comment on this page over at
Wikia Community Central.

This is merely trivial, but Roland's guns, although made in
another world, were designed for ammunition that is apparently
similar enough to the .45 Winchester that he could re-stock from a
modern gun store. However, the .45 Winchester is not meant for
revolvers.

It might work if the Excaliburs loaded one cartridge at a time
through a small gate, with the cylinder rotated 1/6 of a turn
before loading the next. However, even Roland would have extreme
difficulty doing this twelve times with two guns while
simeltaneously running away from a mob. The Excaliburs would need
to be either 'top-break' or have a cylinder which extracts from the
gun sideways, like a modern revolver. Both of these designs require
a protruding rim around the base of the…

Did they live in the Keystone World? I was under the impression
that they did not because Stephen King lived in the Keystone World
and his creations did not. If this is so, how can Moses Carver
exist in the Keystone World (and he did exist there, Roland spoke
with him after saving King's life) with memories that he shared
with Susannah/Odetta? Does this mean that it is not the same Moses
that Susannah once knew, just one very very similar? Or did
Susannah live in the Keystone World after all? I want to hear what
you guys think because this is stumping me.

I'm separating Stephen King into two articles: the author and
the character. I feel that it is important to distinguish between
the two on this wiki. Just wanted to let everyone know in case they
disagree with this move.

"Some other when?" There is a huge disparity in verb tense on
this site. We need to decide very quickly if we are going to
present the articles in past tense (he did, he went, he saw) or
present tense (he does, he goes, he sees) in order to make this the
best Dark Tower Wiki resource on the net.

I recently created two sub-categories in The Dark Tower
Characters category and I'm not entirely sure whether some
characters warrant inclusion in The Red or The White. In other
words, I don't know where to draw the line for defining a person's
affiliation. For example, there is Gasher who was clearly an
unpleasant person, but he's not actually working for the Crimson
King. Does that alone mean he's working for The Red? Here's a list
of characters I'm not sure of and if you could, leave a note in the
comment section about where you think some or all of them should
end up.

Hello everyone. As you may have notice the old green links have
been changed to a more noticeable blue. This was done because of a
request I have Rolliemoon, because I felt the old ones to be
somewhat difficult to see. I did, however, promise a vote on the
matter. Now that you have seen them we would like to hear what you
think about the new links and weather or not they should be kept. I
am opening up this blog post as a means of voting on the matter.
Simply type YES or NO, yes being to keep the new links or NO to
bring back the old ones, followed by a short explanation if you'd
like. Cheers and happy editing.--Rhonda 22:14, July 5, 2011
(UTC)